Durban panchang, 22 October 2027
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 00:14 Ashwin month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:12 to 18:09- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:49 – 08:26
- Durmuhurta 07:47 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam 10:03 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:54 – 16:32
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 16:55 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:09 to 05:11 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:00 Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 08:26
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 16:55 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddha until 20:00
- Karana Bava until 08:26, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 16:55 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:00 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:49 – 08:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:47 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:32
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:55 – 05:11 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 03:43 – 04:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:21
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:12 – 16:55
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:12 – 06:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:49 – 08:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:26 – 10:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:03 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:40 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:54 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Char | 16:32 – 18:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:09 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:31 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:54 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:40 – 01:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:02 – 02:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:25 – 03:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:48 – 05:11 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:12 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowVenus
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 05:02 Virgo
- 05:02 – 06:36 Libra
- 06:36 – 08:31 Scorpio
- 08:31 – 10:46 Sagittarius
- 10:46 – 13:07 Capricorn
- 13:07 – 15:26 Aquarius
- 15:26 – 17:44 Pisces
- 17:44 – 20:04 Aries
- 20:04 – 22:23 Taurus
- 22:23 – 00:27 next day Gemini
- 00:27 – 02:08 next day Cancer
- 02:08 – 03:34 next day Leo
- 03:34 – 04:58 next day Virgo
- 04:58 – 05:11 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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